Hypsiprymnodon

Hypsiprymnodon
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae
Genus: Hypsiprymnodon
Ramsay, 1876
Type species
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Ramsay, 1876
Species

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Hypsiprymnodon is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species.

The generic name combines the Ancient Greek ὕψος (hyps-, 'high'), πρυμνός (prumnós, 'hindmost'), and ὀδών (odṓn, 'tooth').[1] This name was derived from the genus Hypsiprymnus, a synonym for Potorous, and distinguishes this by combining the Ancient Greek odoús, meaning 'tooth'.[2]

Classification

References

  1. ^ "Hypsiprymnodon". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Unabridged (subscription required)
  2. ^ Strahan, R.; Cayley, N. (1987). What mammal is that?. North Ryde: Cornstalk. pp. 118. ISBN 0207153256.
  3. ^ Bates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396.